Zombie Lightning Wyvern
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Overview
The Zombie Lightning Wyvern is a large flying carnivore that can be tamed for aerial combat and resource gathering. It excels at harvesting plant-based resources and wood while ridden, making it useful for fast farming runs in dangerous areas. Its Lightning attack deals area denial damage and can stun nearby enemies, providing tactical control in combat situations.
It can airlift smaller mounts such as Ankylosaurus or Castoroides in its claws for rapid deployment across the map.
Spawn Locations
Zombie Lightning Wyvern does not currently spawn on any ARK: Survival Ascended map, or spawn data is not yet available.
Taming
Taming requires knockout via ranged weapons or traps. Use a Chain Bola or Bear Trap to immobilize it, then sedate with Tranq Darts or other knockout tools. The best food is Kibble (Argentavis Egg), with Raw Prime Meat also effective. Taming takes about 20 minutes on official settings. Use the calculator below for your settings.
Zombie Lightning Wyvern is not tamable.
Drops & Harvest Resources
Killing the Zombie Lightning Wyvern yields Lightning Talon, Hide, Raw Prime Meat, and Sulfur. The Hatchet yields the most Hide, while the Pick maximizes Raw Prime Meat and Sulfur.
| Resource |  Pick |  Hatchet |
|---|---|---|
| 40%~21~17 hits | 60%~32~13 hits | |
| 60%~24~17 hits | 40%~16~13 hits | |
| 3%~1~17 hits | 2%~1~13 hits | |
 Lightning TalonDrop | - | - |
Estimates based on game-extracted data (weights, quantities, harvest multipliers, damage type chains). Each harvest event independently rolls each resource - higher weight = higher drop chance. Actual yields vary with RNG.
Gathering Abilities
While ridden, the Zombie Lightning Wyvern gathers resources using its attacks. The Taunt ability harvests Berries, Seeds, Mushrooms, and Wood at 10× efficiency. This includes Mejoberry, Narcoberry, Stimberry, Rare Flower, and Fiber. Cactus Sap is gathered at 8× efficiency. No other attacks yield resources.
Damage Resistances
The Zombie Lightning Wyvern has a strong vulnerability to spike walls, taking +400% more damage, making it highly susceptible to defensive perimeters. It also takes +120% more damage from instant-damage sources like explosives and certain traps. Conversely, it is fully resistant to mining drill harvesting and melee electric beam attacks, rendering those ineffective.
Kill XP
Wild Kill (1.25×)120 base × 15.9 level × 4 × 1.25× wild kill × 1× server
Server Settings(Game.ini)
Official servers use non-1× defaults; the values above already reflect official rates.
| Stat | Base (Lv.1) | Wild +/Lv | Tamed +/Lv |
|---|---|---|---|
 Health | 1295.0 | +194.25 | +2.40% |
 Stamina | 315.0 | +15.75 | +1.00% |
 Torpidity | 725.0 | +43.50 | +0.00% |
 Oxygen | 150.0 | +15.00 | +2.00% |
 Food | 1800.0 | +180.00 | +2.00% |
 Weight | 400.0 | +8.00 | +0.80% |
 Melee Damage Multiplier | 100.0% | +5.00% | +10.00% |
 Speed Multiplier | 100.0% | +0.00% | +1.00% |
Hitbox Multipliers
The head has a damage multiplier of 1.5x, making headshots more effective for faster knockouts. Focus on the jaw area during taming attempts.
Can Damage
Can break Thatch and Stone. Build at least in Metal.
Thatch
Wood
Stone
Metal
Tek| Attack | Base | Thatch | Wood | Stone | Metal | Tek |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BiteCarnivore Large | 80 | 440.0 | 240.0 | — | — | — |
| TauntHerbivore Large MomentumOnly | 60 | 330.0 | 180.0 | — | — | — |
| Bite (AI)Carnivore Large | 80 | 440.0 | 240.0 | — | — | — |
Numbers reflect base melee at level 1, 100% TE, no imprint. The damage calculator lets you scale by melee %, server multipliers, and pick a specific structure for exact hit counts.
Tools & Guides
Zombie Lightning Wyvern Tips & Tricks
The Taunt attack harvests Berries, Seeds, Mushrooms, Wood, and Rare Flowers at 10× efficiency, ideal for fast farming.
Cactus Sap and Fiber are gathered at 8× efficiency with Taunt, useful in arid and jungle biomes.
Its Lightning attack has a 37m range and 6.5s cooldown, enabling long-range crowd control.
It takes +55% more damage from metal melee weapons, making Tek or Metal-based tames effective counters.
This page details the Zombie Lightning Wyvern's taming, harvesting, combat capabilities, and damage modifiers. For precise taming times and spawn locations, refer to the taming calculator and spawn map tools.
